Water-supply fixture



April 7, 1925. 1,532,433

P. MUELLER WATER SUPPLY FIXTURE 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Nov. 12 1919 lynnmm rmwimim :11?"- Aprifl 7, 1925. 1,532,433

P. MUELLER WATER SUPPLY FIXTURE Filed Nov. 12 1919 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Apr. 7, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PHILIP MUELLER, or nncarun, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOB'TO ADOLPH MUELLER, minerals, or DECATUR, ILLmoIs.

wA'rEn-surrLY FIXTURE.

Application filed November 12, 1919. Serial No. 337,482.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILIP MUELLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Decatur, in the county of Macon and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Water-Supply Fixtures, of which the following is a-sp'ecification.

This invention relates to water supply fixtures and has for its object to provide a fixture in which a cock for basin or sink supply will be provided, which cock will also control the flow to a spray device, and coupled with this cock for basin and spray discharge will be the hot and cold water faucets of any desired t pe.

In the drawings erewith I have illustrated two embodiments of the invention, and in said drawings Figure 1 is view in front elevation of one embodiment of the fixture.

Figure 2 is a view in-elevation of the fixture shown in Figure 1 taken from the side.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken verticall through the center cock and mixing chamber to which it is connected.

Figures 4, 5 and 6, are views similar to Figuresl, 2 and 3 respectively, and shows another-embodiment of my invention,

In the drawings, I have shown for illustrative purposes only, my invention embodied in barbers fixtures and in these drawings like members indicate like parts in the several views. designates faucets of not unusual construction, and if desired either a faucet of the Fuller-type or one of the quick compression type may be employed.

The faucets '10 are located at any convenient distance from each other on the basin slab, and one of them is connected in the usual manner to a suitable hot water supply and the other to a cold'water supply. Extending from the faucets \10 are supply pipes 11 which deliver to a union or mixing chamber. 7

The supply pipes 11 may be connected to the faucets 10 in any suitable manner, but, preferably, to revent rotation of the pipes, they are three ed into screw-threaded openings in ball elbows on to of the faucets.

In the embodiment o my invention illustrated in Figures 1 to 3, the supply pipes 11 deliver to a. mixing chamber 12 'to which is connected, by means of a short outwardly these figures the mixing chamber 12, the

cock body and the neck section 13 are embodied in a single casting which is divided into two chambers by a horizontally disposed partition 16 havmg an opening which is flared downwardly to provide a conical valve seat 17. The supply pipes 11 deliver to the mixing chamber or union 12 beneath the partition 16. The cock 14 has, in registry with the opening or valve seat 17, a downwardly pro ecting basin or sink spout or nozzle 18 having, at its upper end, a valve seat 19.

In the rear wall of the mixing chamber and above the partition 16 is a discharge opening which receives a nipple to which is connected a rubber tube 21 leading to a spray device 22. i

The center cockis provided with a control device, preferabl a push-rod 23, passing through the usua packing in the upper end of the neck of the cock and havlng swiveled to its lower end a double-headed ball valve 24 The opposite ends of this valve are adapted to engage the valve seats 19 and 17 to control the .flow of water to the basin nozzle 18 and the spray nipple 20. The valve 24 is so constructed that, when forced downwardly it will engage the seat 19 to close the passage leading through the basin delivery spout 18 and permit the water to flow through the valve seat 17 to the. nipple 20. vWhen the valve is pulled upwardly, it will close the passage leading to the spray delivery connection 20 and permit discharge from the basin nozzle 18.

In the embodiment of my invention, disclosed in Figures 4, 5 and 6, I have illustrated a slightly different construction, in that the mixing chamber 12, the cock body 15' and the neck section 13, are each formed separately and connected together by suitable means, such as screw-threads. In this embodiment, theunion 12' has a single undivided chamber, and the neck portion 13 comprises a pipe section having a single undivided through passage. The cook 14 is divided into two chambers b a horizontally receives the nipple 20' to which is connected the rubber tube 21.,

In the construction shown in Figs. 4, 5, and 6, it will be readily seen that when the valve 24 is in engagement with the valve seat 19 of the spout 18, the water is permitted to flow through the valve seat 17,

chamber 41 and the nipple 20 to the spray head 22. When the head 24 is in engagement with the seat 17', the water will discharge through the basin spout 18.

From the foregoing. it will be seen that the faucets 1O controlling the hot and cold water'supply may be manipulated in the usual manner and will deliver to the mixing chamber 12 or 12; and from said chamber the commingled hot and cold water will flow by the connection 13 or 13, in which it is furthermixed to the center cock 14 or 14, from which it will be delivered in proper condition to the basin or spray nozzles, dependent on the position of the v valve 24.

By delivering the hot and cold water to a mixing chamber and leading it from said chamber through a waterway to the center cock, instead of delivering it directly to the valve chamber of the center cock as has been proposed in some constructions now 'in use, I insure the proper mixing and tempering of the water and avoid the objectionable alternating or'initial dashes of hot or cold water which occur where the delivery from the supplies is directly to the valve chamber of the center cock. In other words, there isample opportunity, during the flow of the hot and cold water from their respective faucets to the center cock or point of delivery for them to blend and mingle and give a proper mixture.

The hose or tube 21 carrying the spray device 22 is supported adjacent the mixing cock valve so that the hand which operates the hose may also be employed toadjust the valve. In the preferred construction illustrated, the hose passes from the nipple 20 through a bracket 36 secured to the standard 37 removably mounted on and Krising vertically from the mixing chamber of the fixture, said standard having at its upper end an open retaining fork 38, through which the hose21 may be passed. A second fork 39,mounted on the standard 37 and preferably formed integrally with the said bracket 36 is provided to receive the hose 21 and retain the hose andfhead in the position shown in Figure 1. Preferably the fork 38 will be provided with a saddle 40 to support the hose 21 in order to prevent abrupt bending and wearing of the hose. The hose is thus connected to the fixture so as to be supported adjacent the mixing valve, which, having an operating handle of the push-rod type, may lee-adjusted by the same hand that operates the hose without laterally directing the spray, as would occur in the actuation of a rotating or swinging handle.

It is of course understood that in the present disclosure I have shown my invention embodied in a barbers fixture for illustrative purposes only, and this disclosure is not restrictive of the invention, as it is readily-adaptable to other uses than the particular use herein disclosed. It is also to be understood that the supply pipes may be connected to the faucets 10 and the mixing chamber in any suitable manner and that if desired. the mixing chamber may be eliminated and the supply pipes deliver directly into the valve chamber, in which event the nipple 20 would be connected to the cock body above the partition therein. It is further to be understood that the invention may be embodied in a fixture for use in connection with sinks, in which event, the hose supporting device may be varied. as desired. My invention is susceptible of various other modifications and changes which would be within the spirit of the im vention'without departing from the scope of the following clalms.

I claim:

1. .A fixture of the class described comprising a hot water cook, a cold water cock, a mixing cock to which the aforementioned cocks deliver, a spout leading from said mixing cock, a spray tube nipple leading from said mixing cook, .a valve in said mixing cook, a reciprocable plunger-type handle for said valve, and means for sup porting the tube adjacent the mixing cock whereby the hand holding the tube may operate said valve without laterally directing the spray.

2. A fixture ofthe class described comprising a hot water cook, a cold water cook, a mixing cock to which the aforementioned cocks deliver, a spout leading from said mixing cook, a spray tube nipple leading from said mixing cock, a valve in said mixing cook, a reciprocable plunger-type handle forsaidvalve and a standardrising from said fixture adjacent the mixing cock, said standard carrying 'means for supporting the spray tube adjacent said mixing cock valve, whereby the hand holding the tube may operate said valve Without laterally directing the spray.

3. A fixture of the class described, comprising a hot water cook, a cold water cook, a mixmgcock to which the aforementioned cocks deliver, a spout leading from said mixing cock, a spray tube nipple leading from said mixing cook, a valve in said'mixing-cock, a verticall reciprocable plungertype handle for said? valve, and a standard rising from. said fixture'adjacent the mixing cock, .said standard carrying means for supporting a spray tube adjacent said mixing cock valve, whereby the hand holding the spray tube may operate the valve without laterally directing the spray.

'4. A hot and cold water fixture of the class described, comprising a s'ray mpple,

a manually operable flexible to e connected to said spray nipple, a standard secured to said fixture and extending upwardly there'- from, a fork on said standard adapted to receive an intermediate portion of the hose and support the latter, and a second fork intermediate said standard adapted to receive the free endof the hose.

5. A hot and cold water fixture of the class described, comprising a spray nipple, a manually operable flexible tube connected to said spray nipple, a standard secured to said spray nipple, a standard extending upwardly from said fixture and secured thereto, a fork on the end of said standard having a saddle portion extending transversely thereof, and a second fork extending horizontally from the standard and adapted to receive the free end of the hose.

7. A hot and cold water fixture of the class described, comprising a spray nipple, a flexible hose connected to said s ray nipple, a standard rising from said xture, a fork on the upper end of said standard, and a bracket positioned on said standard having at one side of the latter an opening through which the tube is adapted to pass and at the other side of the standard a fork to receive the free end of the tube.

8. A hot and cold water fixture of the class described comprising a. spray nipple, a flexible hose connected to said spray nipple, a standard secured to and extending upwardly from said fixture, a bracket extending outwardly from the standard and having an eye through which the hose is adapted to pass, a hose rest at the upper end of said standard over which the hose is looped, and a fork intermediate the ends of said standard adapted to receive the free end of the hose.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

PHILIP MUELLER. 

